2/10/10

Alright, it's time for winter to move along now. I'm tired of the snow, I'm tired of the cold. I need a second mortgage for my heating bill this year. Last year us New Englanders had a pretty rough winter and we all promised, rather comforted ourselves with the fact that we would be blessed with a warm, sunny spring and easy summer. Did that happen? No. We got a rainy cold spring and an even rainier (is this a word?) summer. So basically it feels as if we've been through one very lonnnnnnng double winter. I know the sales at our local tanning salons are up, way up. People are craving that heat and sun, myself included. My bones are just so cold this winter. Soups and tanning salons do help a lot to warm them up. So does a whirlpool tub, but I have to wait a while before I have the money to re-do my bathroom.
I stole this recipe from Kevin over at Closet Cooking. When I saw this I instantly knew it would warm up the bones. Plus this soup is filled with a a lot of healthy ingredients. Serve this baby hot and you will feel renewed! This is a terrific soup for cold ass freezing winter.
I made a few slight changes to the recipe.

Bring a pot of water to a boil and remove from heat.
Add the noodles, cover and let sit until cooked al dente, about 5-8 minutes.
Drain and rinse in cold water.
Meanwhile, bring the chicken stock to a boil in a large pot.
Add the chicken, carrots, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, chillies, garlic, galangal and simmer until cooked, about 5-8 minutes.
Add the bok choy, and shiitake mushrooms and simmer until the bok choy just wilts, about 1-2 minutes.
Reduce the heat and mix in the coconut milk, fish sauce, lime juice & zest, salt and pepper.
Taste and adjust the seasoning as required.
Remove from heat and mix in the noodles, cilantro and green onions

This soup looks so perfect to warm up with! I wish I could make it today but we're stuck in a house with a limited number of food supply at this point of the nonstop snow, hope to last till the weekend!

I know what you mean. We've been having really rough rain here in LA for the past few weeks. I hate being cooped up inside. Short term cabin fever maybe? hahaha... Nicely done with the soup. I guess one of the good things about winter is the amount of soup we can cook up. ;-D

Change the chicken to tofu and the fish sauce to soy and I could eat that every single day for the rest of my life and be happy. Great job on the photo. I think soup is difficult to photograph well and yours looks terrific.

Saw the update and facebook and thought I should come take a look-see! Yeah, the cold and snow has to go. The pile on my deck is about 2.5 feet deep and we have already had a few days of thaw and melting. I just want 60 degrees and I can fire up the Weber and make a steak, or a burger, or some grilled chicken. I'm so over winter

That looks delicious. I just happen to have some bok choy in my fridge. Hum.

I am looking forward to summer too. But you know as soon as the weather gets warm I feel like I have to be outside all the time. I need to get a few more winter/indoor projects done. That is probably what is keeping my hopefulness of Spring at bay.

This looks perfect on a cool night. Oh and that video you sent me? OH MY GOSH...yea, reminds me of SOMEONE. That was way too funny...man that guy was conked out. But I probably won't go as far as getting a little bed for Quincy. Although...they do have their own boxes they sleep in. UGH! I am terrible. Lolol! Thanks for sharing that! Loved it, Dawn!

I want bowls and bowls of this! The only things that are keeping me from total snow insanity are the Christmas break in the Philippines and the many, many delicious soups in existence. Thai noodle soup is right up at the top! As sun therapy, this is probably a lot healthier than a tanning bed.

The picture of this soup is incredibly mesmerizing. And, I agree about the snow needing to move somewhere else. Here in the midwest, we have had enough, and not nearly as much as you guys. For the food, coconut milk, fish sauce, and cilantro are the perfect thai combo.

In my country(malaysia) this is called as tomyam(thai soup) which is an assimilated food from thailand. We have all kind of tomyam here; the white one(the one you made), chiang mai tomyam(red, hot and spicy...my fav), and the one without the coconut milk. we have abundant of kaffir lime here and tomyam can barely does it miracle without it. Well for what's worth, it's my all time favourite dish. you can add in shrimps or squid. they taste good with it :)

Ooooh, this is great and so quick!! Esp. if you cheat on the chicken stock. We tossed in defrosted pre-cooked shrimp at the very end (a large handful per person), and it was a hit. The mix of flavours is just right...I love lemongrass any day of the week...

the soup looks perfect. this time, i really go to sleep; but i am happy that i found your blog and i cannot stop to look at your pictures and recipes. i would like to be again in LA (I spent some holiday there, and my husband nearly 15 years)

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